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New lawsuit against LA Public Defender Board - May become a big deal for LA
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:41 pm
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shite may about to get REAL
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In Lafourche Parish, plaintiff Keith Arcement has been jailed since August on drug, gun and battery charges, seeing a revolving door of public defenders, none of whom has investigated or filed any motions in his case, according to the lawsuit.
In Winn Parish, plaintiff Rory Gates has remained jailed since July on drug distribution, firearms and possession of stolen property counts. His attorney, who serves as a prosecutor in a different court, "has spoken with Mr. Gates only once and then for five minutes," the lawsuit states.
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"Our nation continues to wrestle with the crisis of mass incarceration. However, nowhere is this crisis more stark than in Louisiana," Clarke said. "Despite this, Louisiana fails to live up to its constitutional obligations to provide counsel to the poor, leaving many defendants literally defenseless."
shite may about to get REAL
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Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:43 pm to SlowFlowPro
Too many people in jail for minor drug offenses.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:44 pm to Revelator
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Too many people in jail for minor drug offenses.
this is going to be the only way the system fixes this issue
it's going to be glorious to watch the LEO melt
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:45 pm to SlowFlowPro
Yea. Have you heard rumblings that they may start appointing private attorneys en masse? Didn't know if that was a rumor or had a ring of truth to it.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:46 pm to FalseProphet
bro they've already done that multiple times out here since 2013 (funny enough, when Dixon ran our PDO)
that is not a solution
that is not a solution
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
Maybe his previous IDB lawyers are trying to be like a former one in St. Martin parish and become the warden in the jail 
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
the way this state runs the PDO system is fricking criminal
The DA's offices in my neck of the woods use the PDO as a farm league to hire the good attorneys as the difference in pay is huge.
The DA's offices in my neck of the woods use the PDO as a farm league to hire the good attorneys as the difference in pay is huge.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:48 pm to TidenUP
ok tradeoff question for evangelical-authoritarians and LEO:
legalize and tax weed to pay for the PDO so your taxes aren't dramatically raised
deal or no deal?
legalize and tax weed to pay for the PDO so your taxes aren't dramatically raised
deal or no deal?
This post was edited on 2/6/17 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:48 pm to TidenUP
Which lawyer are you referring to?
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:48 pm to SlowFlowPro
Ah. It hasn't happened in my area too much that I know of. I have no clue what I'd do if it happened to me. I know jack shite about criminal law.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:48 pm to NIH
Helen Wiltz
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:49 pm to FalseProphet
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I have no clue what I'd do if it happened to me.
you pay a guy like me to take the file off your hands
i ran a little cottage industry out here that year
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I know jack shite about criminal law.
not only is this worse than a PDO for the defendant, it violates your malpractice policy i imagine
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:50 pm to SlowFlowPro
I have no problem with legalizing and taxing weed. If you think that money would go to lawyer fees tho....
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:50 pm to SlowFlowPro
That's turrible
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:50 pm to FalseProphet
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Ah. It hasn't happened in my area too much that I know of. I have no clue what I'd do if it happened to me. I know jack shite about criminal law.
at our professionalism thing last semester we had a 60 year old attorney who talked about her experience being thrust from insurance defense to having to defend some guy on attempted murder in NOLA. couldn't imagine having to do that at that age.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:51 pm to SlowFlowPro
The DA's are using pre trail intervention exclusively on most first offense crimes against property and society. This is diverting funds (court fines and costs) into their coffers. Part of the fines and costs go to the IDB. Its not all of the problem but a big part.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:52 pm to NIH
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from insurance defense to having to defend some guy on attempted murder in NOLA.
how in the frick? that's unethical to appoint a non-criminal lawyer on that serious of a charge
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:52 pm to lsufan1971
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The DA's are using pre trail intervention exclusively on most first offense crimes against property and society. This is diverting funds (court fines and costs) into their coffers. Part of the fines and costs go to the IDB. Its not all of the problem but a big part.
oh i know
PTD is a huge money-making scheme for the DA and kills the PDO. win/win
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:55 pm to SlowFlowPro
apparently some judge in NOLA mandated that. if it wasn't attempted murder it was definitely felony gun possession or something. i remember thinking "the frick" at the time.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:55 pm to Revelator
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Too many people in jail for minor drug offenses.
No doubt, my cousin Connie never touched the wacky weed and he got locked up for 5-10.
Oh wait, no he didn't, because it's pretty easy to not do illegal shite
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